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Comic Art Shows How We Got the White Mountain National Forest: Marek Bennett Named Weeks Centennial Comics Artist
April 19th, 2011 | Author: AANH
Celebrations are planned across the country this year for the Centennial of The Weeks Act. This 1911 law, signed by President Taft, brought National Forests to the Eastern United States. The excitement is particularly great here in New Hampshire, since John Wingate Weeks, the genius behind the Weeks Act, was born and raised in Lancaster.
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